Hose packaging device



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United States VPatent C 7 HOSE PACKAGING DEVICE George M. Hartman, New York, N. Y., assignor to Charles H. Bacon Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application September 13, 1956, Serial No. 609,662

z claims. (c1. 20s-46) The present invention relates to a packaging device, and more particularly to a package and packaging device for hosiery and other merchandise.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a packaging device which is simple in construction and well adapted to display the merchandise packaged therein.

Another object is to provide packaging means wherein the article to be packaged can be easily arranged in the package with a minimum of time and labor.

Another object is to provide a package wherein the article is maintained in smooth unwrinkled condition.

A yet further object of the invention is generally to provide an improved package for holding and displaying articles of wearing apparel, personal use, etc. in optimum `condition.

The above and other objects, features` and advantages rof the present invention will be more fully understood from the following description, considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings, which are descriptive and illustrative of the presently preferred mode of practicing the present invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a front view of one side of a package embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the opposite side of the package;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on a larger scale, on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Figs. 4 and 5 are views similar to Figs. l and 2, ref spectiVeIy; showing the package for a pair of stockings of a larger size than the stockings illustrated byrFigs. l .and 2;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view, on a larger scale, on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. l.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the packaging device of the present invention comprises a transparent envelope or container 10 formed of any suitable flexible plastic material, such as, for example but without limitation, a vinyl plastic. Said envelope is in the form of a peripherally continuous ilattened tube which may be made from tubular stock by cutting the latter into the desired lengths according to the size of the package. One end of the tubular container is closed, as indicated at 12, in any suitable way, preferably by heat-sealing the opposite sides 14 and 16 along a transverse line, as indicated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The opposite end of the receptacle is open for the insertion of a pair of socks or other articles S and a mounting card 18 therein, after which the top of the container is closed, by a folded paper member 20 secured thereto in any suitable way, for example, by the illustrated staples 22 which pass through both layers of said member 20 and the two interposed layers 14 and 16 of the envelope 10, also through card 18.

The mounting card 18 is in the form of a comparatively stitf, but preferably not rigid, cardboard panel,

j 2,833,399 --"atented May-'6, 1958 having a struck-out tab portion 24. It will be observed that the socks have folded over culi portions 26 and that one of the socks is mounted on the card so that the struck-out tab of the card is disposed between said cuil and the adjacent legpart of the sock. The sock thus interengaged with the tab 26 is held in position on the card by virtue of this interengagement. The other sock of the pair is held in position by the frictional engagement thereof with the tab retained sock.

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate the packages used for socks of the larger sizes, in which case toe or foot portions 28 of the socks are folded over the lower edge 30 of the mounting card and overlap the opposite side of the card.

It will be understood that the packages embodying the present invention may be made in a comparatively small number of sizes, and yet may be utilized for packaging socks of the conventional range of sizes. Thus, for ex ample, Figs. l and 2 illustrate the package for a comparatively small sock, but it will be understood that the package of the same size can be utilized for socks of larger sizes, as illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5. For socks within the largest range of sizes, a larger envelope and a larger mounting card may be employed.`

Thus it is seen that the packaging device described above with reference to the accompanying drawings is well adapted to accomplish the several objects of the present invention. It will be understood, however, that certain changes in the details of construction and in the arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the underlying idea of this invention. Accordingly, I do not wish to be limited to the specific construction herein shown or described, except, as may be required by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A hose packaging device, comprising a at envelope formed of a length of tubular stock having opposite sides secured to each other transversely thereof for closing the envelope at one end thereof, a mounting card and a pair of socks overlying the latter disposed in said envelope and held in said envelope in flat relation by said mounting card, said card having a struck out tab and each of said socks being provided with a folded over cuff, said tab being disposed between the cuff of one of said socks and the adjacent leg part of said one sock for holding the latter in position on said card, the other sock of the pair lying in juxtaposed relation against said one sock and thereby frictionally held in position, and a strip of paper folded over the end portions of the envelope at the opposite end of the envelope and secured to said end portions and to said card for closing said oppositek ends of theenvelope and for preventing movement of said card relative to said envelope.

2. A hose packaging device, comprising a flat envelope formed of a length of tubular stock having opposite sides secured to each other transversely thereof for closing the envelope at one end thereof, a mounting card and a pair of socks overlying the latter disposed in said envelope and held in said envelope in at relation by said mounting card, said card having a struck out tab and each of said socks being provided with a folded over cuff, said tab being disposed between the cut of one of said socks and the adjacent leg part of said one sock for holding the latter in position on said card, the other sock of the pair lying in juxtaposed relation against said one sock and thereby frictionally held in position, said socks each having a foot portion spaced from said cut and folded over an edge of said card so as to lie between the latter and the other side of the envelope, and a strip of paper folded over the end portions of the envelope at the opposite end of the envelope and secured to said end portions and to said card for closing said opposite References Cited i`n the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Heyman Jan; 5, 1926' Ulch et al. Oct. 11, 1927 Markowitz Sept. 3, 1935 Cartier Feb. 4, 1941 Krihwan Sept. 4, 1951 Haire Dec. 27, 1955 Goldband June 19, 1956 

